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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Is the NFL Selling Out Family Time?

 
SEX, VIOLENCE, ALCOHOL, AND THE NFL.  Professional football is the most popular sport in America, and one big reason is that families enjoy watching it together. But most don’t enjoy the advertisements and promotions that run during pro football game broadcasts. The sex, violence, alcohol, and erectile dysfunction drugs marketed during pro football games create an environment that makes millions of parents squirm – and gives kids way too much information.

Pro football’s appeal to families is easy to understand. In addition to being fun and exciting, the game offers many great lessons for parents to share with children, including the importance of teamwork and fair play.

Until the commercial breaks…

When we get to the ads, we see some very different messages – about some very interesting products and programs. But not messages or images that most parents want to discuss with their children on a Sunday afternoon.

So what can parents do to derail broadcast dysfunction? Learn more and watch the adult commercials that your kids see during daytime pro football broadcasts.
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  • AleL's Avatar
    Posted by AleL Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:22pm PST

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  • Jezabel's Avatar
    Posted by Jezabel Mon Feb 2, 2009 11:29am PST

    Perhaps a better solution is to actually take your family outside and bond with them over a game of touch football instead of using the TV as a means to "bond". Unfortantly those commercials are paying for family time so you're going to have to stop squirming and learn to ignore these commercials, which are pretty much the same ones that have been on the air for 15 years.

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